公开(公告)号：US09988622B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US14697962

申请日：2015-04-28

Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin Hacker ,  Gregory Govoni ,  Nikolay Sergeev ,  Elena Bolchakova ,  Maxim Brevnov ,  Manohar Furtado ,  Johnie Young ,  James Nurse ,  Mariela Cuadras

IPC: C12N15/10 ,  C12Q1/68 ,  G01N21/75 ,  C12N1/06 ,  B01D29/13

CPC classification number: C12N15/1003 ,  B01D29/13 ,  C12N1/066 ,  C12Q1/68 ,  C12Q1/689 ,  C12Q1/6895 ,  G01N21/75

Abstract: Devices and methods for detecting microbial contaminants, such as bacteria and fungi, in fluids such as drinking water, pharmaceutical solutions and tissue culture media are provided. More particularly, provided are filtration devices for capture and processing of microorganisms from fluids, and improved methods for recovery, lysis and detection of microorganisms based on a combination of physical disruption with small beads and lysis solutions.